diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 48ba9588d..18d25cbcd 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 const static std::string NET_MESSAGE_COMMAND_OTHER = "*other*";
 
 static const uint64_t RANDOMIZER_ID_NETGROUP = 0x6c0edd8036ef4036ULL; // SHA256("netgroup")[0:8]
+static const uint64_t RANDOMIZER_ID_LOCALHOSTNONCE = 0xd93e69e2bbfa5735ULL; // SHA256("localhostnonce")[0:8]
 //
 // Global state variables
 //
@@ -389,7 +390,10 @@ CNode* CConnman::ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest, bool fCo
         addrman.Attempt(addrConnect, fCountFailure);
 
         // Add node
-        CNode* pnode = new CNode(GetNewNodeId(), nLocalServices, GetBestHeight(), hSocket, addrConnect, CalculateKeyedNetGroup(addrConnect), pszDest ? pszDest : "", false);
+        NodeId id = GetNewNodeId();
+        uint64_t nonce = GetDeterministicRandomizer(RANDOMIZER_ID_LOCALHOSTNONCE).Write(id).Finalize();
+        CNode* pnode = new CNode(id, nLocalServices, GetBestHeight(), hSocket, addrConnect, CalculateKeyedNetGroup(addrConnect), nonce, pszDest ? pszDest : "", false);
+
         GetNodeSignals().InitializeNode(pnode->GetId(), pnode);
         pnode->AddRef();
 
@@ -1024,7 +1028,10 @@ void CConnman::AcceptConnection(const ListenSocket& hListenSocket) {
         }
     }
 
-    CNode* pnode = new CNode(GetNewNodeId(), nLocalServices, GetBestHeight(), hSocket, addr, CalculateKeyedNetGroup(addr), "", true);
+    NodeId id = GetNewNodeId();
+    uint64_t nonce = GetDeterministicRandomizer(RANDOMIZER_ID_LOCALHOSTNONCE).Write(id).Finalize();
+
+    CNode* pnode = new CNode(id, nLocalServices, GetBestHeight(), hSocket, addr, CalculateKeyedNetGroup(addr), nonce, "", true);
     GetNodeSignals().InitializeNode(pnode->GetId(), pnode);
     pnode->AddRef();
     pnode->fWhitelisted = whitelisted;
@@ -2118,7 +2125,11 @@ bool CConnman::Start(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler, st
     if (pnodeLocalHost == NULL) {
         CNetAddr local;
         LookupHost("127.0.0.1", local, false);
-        pnodeLocalHost = new CNode(GetNewNodeId(), nLocalServices, GetBestHeight(), INVALID_SOCKET, CAddress(CService(local, 0), nLocalServices), 0);
+
+        NodeId id = GetNewNodeId();
+        uint64_t nonce = GetDeterministicRandomizer(RANDOMIZER_ID_LOCALHOSTNONCE).Write(id).Finalize();
+
+        pnodeLocalHost = new CNode(id, nLocalServices, GetBestHeight(), INVALID_SOCKET, CAddress(CService(local, 0), nLocalServices), 0, nonce);
         GetNodeSignals().InitializeNode(pnodeLocalHost->GetId(), pnodeLocalHost);
     }
 
@@ -2509,12 +2520,17 @@ void CNode::Fuzz(int nChance)
 unsigned int CConnman::GetReceiveFloodSize() const { return nReceiveFloodSize; }
 unsigned int CConnman::GetSendBufferSize() const{ return nSendBufferMaxSize; }
 
-CNode::CNode(NodeId idIn, ServiceFlags nLocalServicesIn, int nMyStartingHeightIn, SOCKET hSocketIn, const CAddress& addrIn, uint64_t nKeyedNetGroupIn, const std::string& addrNameIn, bool fInboundIn) :
+CNode::CNode(NodeId idIn, ServiceFlags nLocalServicesIn, int nMyStartingHeightIn, SOCKET hSocketIn, const CAddress& addrIn, uint64_t nKeyedNetGroupIn, uint64_t nLocalHostNonceIn, const std::string& addrNameIn, bool fInboundIn) :
     ssSend(SER_NETWORK, INIT_PROTO_VERSION),
     addr(addrIn),
+    fInbound(fInboundIn),
+    id(idIn),
     nKeyedNetGroup(nKeyedNetGroupIn),
     addrKnown(5000, 0.001),
-    filterInventoryKnown(50000, 0.000001)
+    filterInventoryKnown(50000, 0.000001),
+    nLocalHostNonce(nLocalHostNonceIn),
+    nLocalServices(nLocalServicesIn),
+    nMyStartingHeight(nMyStartingHeightIn)
 {
     nServices = NODE_NONE;
     nServicesExpected = NODE_NONE;
@@ -2533,7 +2549,6 @@ CNode::CNode(NodeId idIn, ServiceFlags nLocalServicesIn, int nMyStartingHeightIn
     fOneShot = false;
     fClient = false; // set by version message
     fFeeler = false;
-    fInbound = fInboundIn;
     fNetworkNode = false;
     fSuccessfullyConnected = false;
     fDisconnect = false;
@@ -2562,12 +2577,7 @@ CNode::CNode(NodeId idIn, ServiceFlags nLocalServicesIn, int nMyStartingHeightIn
     minFeeFilter = 0;
     lastSentFeeFilter = 0;
     nextSendTimeFeeFilter = 0;
-    id = idIn;
     nOptimisticBytesWritten = 0;
-    nLocalServices = nLocalServicesIn;
-
-    GetRandBytes((unsigned char*)&nLocalHostNonce, sizeof(nLocalHostNonce));
-    nMyStartingHeight = nMyStartingHeightIn;
 
     BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string &msg, getAllNetMessageTypes())
         mapRecvBytesPerMsgCmd[msg] = 0;
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 58b492e59..bfce51623 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ public:
     bool fFeeler; // If true this node is being used as a short lived feeler.
     bool fOneShot;
     bool fClient;
-    bool fInbound;
+    const bool fInbound;
     bool fNetworkNode;
     bool fSuccessfullyConnected;
     bool fDisconnect;
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ public:
     CCriticalSection cs_filter;
     CBloomFilter* pfilter;
     int nRefCount;
-    NodeId id;
+    const NodeId id;
 
     const uint64_t nKeyedNetGroup;
 protected:
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ public:
     CAmount lastSentFeeFilter;
     int64_t nextSendTimeFeeFilter;
 
-    CNode(NodeId id, ServiceFlags nLocalServicesIn, int nMyStartingHeightIn, SOCKET hSocketIn, const CAddress &addrIn, uint64_t nKeyedNetGroupIn, const std::string &addrNameIn = "", bool fInboundIn = false);
+    CNode(NodeId id, ServiceFlags nLocalServicesIn, int nMyStartingHeightIn, SOCKET hSocketIn, const CAddress &addrIn, uint64_t nKeyedNetGroupIn, uint64_t nLocalHostNonceIn, const std::string &addrNameIn = "", bool fInboundIn = false);
     ~CNode();
 
 private:
@@ -677,10 +677,10 @@ private:
     void operator=(const CNode&);
 
 
-    uint64_t nLocalHostNonce;
+    const uint64_t nLocalHostNonce;
     // Services offered to this peer
-    ServiceFlags nLocalServices;
-    int nMyStartingHeight;
+    const ServiceFlags nLocalServices;
+    const int nMyStartingHeight;
 public:
 
     NodeId GetId() const {
diff --git a/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp b/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
index 97abeb721..4aa716681 100644
--- a/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DoS_banning)
 {
     connman->ClearBanned();
     CAddress addr1(ip(0xa0b0c001), NODE_NONE);
-    CNode dummyNode1(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr1, 0, "", true);
+    CNode dummyNode1(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr1, 0, 0, "", true);
     GetNodeSignals().InitializeNode(dummyNode1.GetId(), &dummyNode1);
     dummyNode1.nVersion = 1;
     Misbehaving(dummyNode1.GetId(), 100); // Should get banned
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DoS_banning)
     BOOST_CHECK(!connman->IsBanned(ip(0xa0b0c001|0x0000ff00))); // Different IP, not banned
 
     CAddress addr2(ip(0xa0b0c002), NODE_NONE);
-    CNode dummyNode2(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr2, 1, "", true);
+    CNode dummyNode2(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr2, 1, 1, "", true);
     GetNodeSignals().InitializeNode(dummyNode2.GetId(), &dummyNode2);
     dummyNode2.nVersion = 1;
     Misbehaving(dummyNode2.GetId(), 50);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DoS_banscore)
     connman->ClearBanned();
     mapArgs["-banscore"] = "111"; // because 11 is my favorite number
     CAddress addr1(ip(0xa0b0c001), NODE_NONE);
-    CNode dummyNode1(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr1, 3, "", true);
+    CNode dummyNode1(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr1, 3, 1, "", true);
     GetNodeSignals().InitializeNode(dummyNode1.GetId(), &dummyNode1);
     dummyNode1.nVersion = 1;
     Misbehaving(dummyNode1.GetId(), 100);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DoS_bantime)
     SetMockTime(nStartTime); // Overrides future calls to GetTime()
 
     CAddress addr(ip(0xa0b0c001), NODE_NONE);
-    CNode dummyNode(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr, 4, "", true);
+    CNode dummyNode(id++, NODE_NETWORK, 0, INVALID_SOCKET, addr, 4, 4, "", true);
     GetNodeSignals().InitializeNode(dummyNode.GetId(), &dummyNode);
     dummyNode.nVersion = 1;
 
diff --git a/src/test/net_tests.cpp b/src/test/net_tests.cpp
index f4b576869..e0460109d 100644
--- a/src/test/net_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/net_tests.cpp
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(cnode_simple_test)
     bool fInboundIn = false;
 
     // Test that fFeeler is false by default.
-    CNode* pnode1 = new CNode(id++, NODE_NETWORK, height, hSocket, addr, 0, pszDest, fInboundIn);
+    CNode* pnode1 = new CNode(id++, NODE_NETWORK, height, hSocket, addr, 0, 0, pszDest, fInboundIn);
     BOOST_CHECK(pnode1->fInbound == false);
     BOOST_CHECK(pnode1->fFeeler == false);
 
     fInboundIn = true;
-    CNode* pnode2 = new CNode(id++, NODE_NETWORK, height, hSocket, addr, 1, pszDest, fInboundIn);
+    CNode* pnode2 = new CNode(id++, NODE_NETWORK, height, hSocket, addr, 1, 1, pszDest, fInboundIn);
     BOOST_CHECK(pnode2->fInbound == true);
     BOOST_CHECK(pnode2->fFeeler == false);
 }